I find that if I just don't pay attention to the politics, I have more fun My dogs have never challenged for top spots (well Nikon got second a few times in small classes) but I've never not been given a rating I thought I deserved. I try my best to make my dogs presentable and introduce them to the ring and the procedures beforehand. Even Pan the crazy working line did really well (I thought) in his shows and outperformed some of the show lines as far as his movement, overall temperament, and being in really fit condition (he could have run ten more laps!). He got last place at his second show but still the top rating and it was the show right before the Sieger Show (with a judge who was at the Sieger Show) so I let the other owners get all worked up about the exact placements.

He was like "is this the one where the German shepherds run in a circle or is flyball?" (and he says the word "flyball" with a tone of voice that I know he's referring to the screaming shrieking chaos).

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